Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in a single day

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Seventy-three Saudis, seven Yemenis and one Syrian. Saudi Arabia executed, in a single day, Saturday, March , people sentenced to death for crimes related to "terrorism". This unprecedented number exceeds that of all death sentences carried out in the kingdom in Those executed "have been found guilty of committing multiple atrocious crimes" in the country, reported the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Among them, men linked to the jihadist organization Islamic State (IS), the Al Qaeda network and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the agency said. They had been sentenced to death for "attacks on places of worship, government buildings and facilities vital to the country's economy", and for "crimes of kidnapping, torture, rape and smuggling of 'weapons'", again according to SPA.

These crimes resulted in a large number of deaths among civilians and security forces,” he added. Israel and Saudi Arabia: geopolitics of noise and silence Executions in Saudi Arabia are usually Japan Email List carried out by beheading. One of the highest execution rates in the world. For several years, the kingdom has been the target of a series of deadly attacks carried out by IS. It is also the target of Houthi attacks from neighboring war-torn Yemen. Riyadh has supported the Yemeni government against the Houthis since “The kingdom will continue to take a strict and unwavering stance against terrorism and extremist ideologies that threaten the stability of the entire world,” the SPA agency further reported. Saudi Arabia has one of the highest execution rates in the world, with people killed in , according to an Agence France-Presse tally based on official statements.



Since , this absolute monarchy has been endowed with a Basic Law - assimilated to a Constitution - based on Sharia, Islamic law. Murder, rape, armed robbery, witchcraft, adultery, sodomy, homosexuality and apostasy are punishable by death in the ultra-conservative kingdom. The scandal is Saudi Arabia In , Saudi Arabia announced it would end capital punishment for people convicted of crimes committed when they were under years old. The executions announced on Saturday come a day after the release of blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, sentenced to years in prison for advocating an end to the influence of religion in public life in Saudi Arabia. Having completed his sentence, the -year-old former winner of the Reporters Without Borders award for press freedom is, however, subject to a ban on leaving Saudi territory for the next ten years.